or ‘How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love (well, at least not hate) XP’
Monday 12 June 2006
by Carl Bateman
I hate M$, really hate it, hate it with a passion. I would dearly love to use Linux for many reasons, because it’s Open Source, to play with all those lovely toys I’ve read so much about (programming tools, OpenGL, etc.), just to try it out to see what all the fuss is about, to bask in the Nirvana that is Linux, because it’s not M$.
From time to time I try to install Linux. Over the last three or four years I’ve made about ten attempts on two different desktop (...)
I have 15 years of experience in IT. I used Linux in the past as a secondary OS. Sometimes I have to do a very simple task in Linux and I survived. Last year I decided to install linux (Mandriva) in my notebook (Dell I-5100) and I had no problems whatsoever.
The claims on the article seems to be written 5 years ago. Nowadays linux installations are very easy. Even usb hotplug wireless devices are easy to install and configure.
